TY - JOUR
T1 - The social and human sciences in South Africa
T2 - an analysis of employment trends
AU - Wilson, M.
AU - Richter, L.
AU - Durrheim, K.
AU - Surendorff, N.
AU - Asafo-Agei, L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1999, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 1999/5/1
Y1 - 1999/5/1
N2 - This paper presents an historical analysis of employment trends for social and human science graduates in South Africa from 1976 to 1996. Employment advertisements were selected from three national weekly newspapers, the Sunday Times, Mail and Guardian and Rapport, and analysed using content analysis. The aim of the paper is two-fold, firstly to describe trends, past and present, in the requirements for social and human science graduates in order to ensure that these disciplines remain relevant and contemporary; and secondly, to analyse the possible contributions of these graduates to South Africa's transformation process as outlined in the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP). Implications for training in the social and human sciences are drawn. The role of these disciplines in societal transformation is described and some tentative effects of the introduction of the Growth Employment and Redistribution Strategy (GEAR) are noted.
AB - This paper presents an historical analysis of employment trends for social and human science graduates in South Africa from 1976 to 1996. Employment advertisements were selected from three national weekly newspapers, the Sunday Times, Mail and Guardian and Rapport, and analysed using content analysis. The aim of the paper is two-fold, firstly to describe trends, past and present, in the requirements for social and human science graduates in order to ensure that these disciplines remain relevant and contemporary; and secondly, to analyse the possible contributions of these graduates to South Africa's transformation process as outlined in the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP). Implications for training in the social and human sciences are drawn. The role of these disciplines in societal transformation is described and some tentative effects of the introduction of the Growth Employment and Redistribution Strategy (GEAR) are noted.
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U2 - 10.1080/10289852.1999.10520178
DO - 10.1080/10289852.1999.10520178
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046105330
SN - 1028-9852
VL - 30
SP - 131
EP - 141
JO - Society in Transition
JF - Society in Transition
IS - 2
ER -